Treatment > Capecitabine


Neuro-Oncology, January 2004, Volume 6 Number 1, Pages 63 -- 64 (Clinical Study, Abstract)
First published on Oct 15, 2003


Abstract

Durable response of breast cancer leptomeningeal metastasis to capecitabine monotherapy

Lisa R. Rogers, Sandra E. Remer, Sheela Tejwani

Hermelin Brain Tumor Center, Departments of Neurosurgery (L.R.R., S.E.R.) and Neurology (L.R.R.), Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI 48202, and Josephine Ford Cancer Center (S.T.), Detroit, MI 48202; USA.

We report a durable (12-month) response to capecitabine monotherapy, shown clinically, by MRI, and by cerebrospinal fluid analysis, in a patient with leptomeningeal metastasis from breast cancer.

© 2003 Duke University Press

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